I am the Director of Teaching at Vanderbilt. We have had a strong
program for training and mentoring graduate students teaching
assistants for a number of years. Our first-year students
participate in a weekly Teaching Seminar, which draws on the
resources of our department as well as the university's Center for
Teaching. Second year students serve as TA's in our larger
calculus classes. From the third year on, they have full
responsibility for their own calculus courses, with guidance and
mentoring from members of our Teaching Committee.
I'm looking forward to hearing about other programs.
Jo Ann Staples
--On Monday, January 31, 2005 10:57 PM -0500 Derek Bruff
<bruff(a)fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
Since we've had several dozen people subscribe to
the list in the
last 24 hours, I thought I would welcome everyone again to the
Preparing and Supporting Teachers of Undergraduate Mathematics
(PSTUM) mailing list. The list has a lengthy name (and an
acronym that unfortunately doesn't roll off the tongue), but I
think it describes the purpose of the list very well. For more
information about the list, consult the list's web site:
http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pstum-list
To get some discussion started and to get a feel for who has
joined the list, please introduce yourself and describe your
roles in preparing and supporting teachers of undergraduate
mathematics. Do you work with graduate students, junior faculty
members, adjuncts, or some combination? With what types of
orientations and training sessions are you involved? In what ways
do you mentor and support the teachers with which you work?
Also, feel free to post specific questions you might have about
mathematics TA and faculty development. Odds are, one of the 59
current members of the list will have some experience from which
you can benefit.
Thanks!
Derek
--
Derek Bruff, Preceptor
Department of Mathematics, Harvard University
Email: bruff(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web:
http://www.derekbruff.com/
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